Tron vault would be easy for Stern and Disney to pull off with the game as is. Most of you clearly have no clue regarding licensing. That being said, I am not so sure we will see a vault with movie assets on the LCD or different art. I think if this Vault happens, this will simply be a test for Stern to see how complex it is to convert a DMD game to the new Spike system and what the expected response will be from customers. Most of the posts here are not thinking about this through the lens of a business. What do you think executives are talking about at Stern right now??? It’s not pinball, it’s the economy. Vault editions are Sterns #1 weapon against slowing demand and protecting margins. They are preparing for a slow down and they will use “the ace in their pocket” when they need to. There doesn’t have to be a license time constraint for a Tron renewal, the property is dead………Disney doesn’t care when Stern remakes it. It’s happening, it’s just a matter of when it’s happening.

It’s not about Tron, it’s about good business sense and all of Sterns greatest hits will be remade. The hobby has grown and Stern is healthy, but it can all change overnight. In business, you are expected to grow YOY no matter what hurricane is thrown in your way. Go listen to the last Nike earnings call. Inventories across all industries are about to change from an all time lows, to an all time highs. All of those newbies that got into the hobby can flee just as fast as they entered, they don’t have a decade of devotion to this hobby. I am not saying there will be a crash, but inventories will elevate on the used market and within dealers………..last time I checked Stern doesn’t profit from used pinball sales and I don’t see many new people entering our beloved hobby during an economic slow down.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound preachy. I just think the conditions that created this mess, will shift, causing a slow down. Tron can absolutely help with Stern maintaining their margin and numbers YOY.

Lol………Converting SAM to Spike is not a difficult task and is not “expensive”, it just takes time, like all things in coding. The fools on this thread are clueless and probably own a LOTR or Tron. There is no question that the total time, effort and cost to vault a SAM game on Spike would be drastically less than the cost of developing a new game, which would equate to a much higher profit for Stern. Now let’s get back to the real mystery, would they really go for full LCD movie assets?

Sorry, but all of that is actually pretty easy from an engineering perspective, which is why the Spike system exists now. Node boards are not as complex as you are making them out to be, nor is any of the conversions you listed. Go back and think of something else because those are easy obstacles for Stern………It’s happening.

You are 100% wrong, but it’s ok, I see dead people, but they don’t know they are dead………

Nope, just an informed collector, who happens to know a few engineers that work for big tech companies. That being said, let’s just say that the concerns you guys are posting were actually solved by Stern a while ago. They answered the conversion questions while they were building spike 2. Do you really think they would build a new system and not ensure it was easily backwards compatible?? Especially after seeing what CGC has done with old Bally/Williams games. Seriously people, give Gomez some credit/respect, the guy is a visionary and one of the greatest minds to ever enter the hobby. The “ace” has been in Stern’s pocket for years now, it’s just a matter of when it makes sense to play the card.

Listen Mr. Bus, I am done speaking with your uneducated self. Everything you mention is not a big deal from a technical perspective and was not a big deal for Stern. Bottom line is, you will be wrong and I will be right, the only question is, are you going to admit you were wrong when the game comes out? It is happening, it’s been in motion for a while.

https://insidethemagic.net/2022/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tron-lightcycle-run-at-walt-disney-world-th1mmb/

It’s coming to Disney World people!! Let’s go! Tron VE is already done!

Few things, we lost 3 years due to Covid and no one could have predicted how the hobby would have grown due to lockdowns and the market being flooded with money. Additionally, you don’t just renew licensing. Companies like Disney are “event” driven and like to align with launches. When Disney shut down the Tron 3 movie years ago due to the focus on their Marvel/Star Wars projects, Tron became an irrelevant property…………….until now. Next year the Tron roller coaster will be opening up at Disney and will be a main attraction. Run the numbers folks, that ride wasn’t cheap to build and a lot on people will be riding it annually. People are getting Marvel/Star Wars fatigued and Tron will be making a comeback. Mr. Flynn’s School Bus and all of the pinheads riding his bus will be scratching their heads in 2023. Let’s go!!

We finally agree on something Mr. Bus! I hated Tron the first time I played it on location. Then I played it at my friends house and fell in love! It’s a “one more game pinball machine”, partly due to its simple code, but brutal layout, Ironman 2.0. It’s pinball perfection!

Guys, you are way over thinking this! Tron is happening and don’t believe a word of what Gomez says about how difficult it is porting an old game. They are setting expectations because the game won’t be cheap. It will either be rethemed to the original Tron or we will get the new Tron 3 movie. There will be 1000 LE’s and video assets. If they retheme it to the original 80’s Tron, it will only be offered in a premium and LE model, so we will all have to pony up to get it. Expression lighting will work well with this game.